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Wilyer Abreu

Boston Red Sox · through 2026-08-31

On the league boards

Why he matters right now

Wilyer Abreu is top-10 in the majors in doubles

He is 8th in doubles at 31 — placements on MLB's own season boards, which rank every QUALIFIED hitter in the sport rather than the few dozen this site tracks. Qualified is MLB's own bar, and it is the reason a part-season player with a big number is not on these boards at all.

The case in 30 seconds

  • 31 8th in doubles at 31 on MLB's season leaderboards MLB season leaderboard (the league's own top-10 board of qualified players, not this site's roster)
  • .254 .798 OPS, 23 home runs, 70 RBI and 8 stolen bases over 135 games snapshot batting board — the union of MLB's top-10 hitting boards, then MLB's 3.1 PA per team game rule applied; not the league's full qualified pool

The honest caveat

A top-ten finish is a position on a board, not a verdict on a player. The men just below him on it are not meaningfully worse, and one good week moves several places.

Every claim above, with its source (2)
  1. 8th in doubles at 31 on MLB's season leaderboards MLB season leaderboard (the league's own top-10 board of qualified players, not this site's roster)
  2. .798 OPS, 23 home runs, 70 RBI and 8 stolen bases over 135 games snapshot batting board — the union of MLB's top-10 hitting boards, then MLB's 3.1 PA per team game rule applied; not the league's full qualified pool

The evidence

What changed last night

0-for-5 W 9-8 vs Seattle Mariners · 2026-08-31 carries a .254 average into today
135G
515AB
131H
.254AVG
23HR
70RBI
8SB
312B
43B
.798OPS

Chasing .400

.254Current AVG
125Consecutive hits needed to reach .400
115-for-100Needed over next 100 AB
1.233Rest-of-season AVG to finish .400 (111-for-90)

Status: IMPOSSIBLE

Milestone tracker

ChaseTargetCurrentPaceNeeded from hereStatus
.350 AVG .350 .254 .254 .900 ROS EXTREME
.380 AVG .380 .254 .254 1.100 ROS IMPOSSIBLE
.400 AVG .400 .254 .254 1.233 ROS IMPOSSIBLE
.406 AVG .406 .254 .254 1.278 ROS IMPOSSIBLE
.466 AVG .466 .254 .254 1.678 ROS IMPOSSIBLE
50 HR 50 23 27 27 in 24 g · 1 per 3.3 AB EXTREME
60 HR 60 23 27 37 in 24 g · 1 per 2.4 AB EXTREME
62 HR 62 23 27 39 in 24 g · 1 per 2.3 AB EXTREME
70 HR 70 23 27 47 in 24 g · 1 per 1.9 AB EXTREME
73 HR 73 23 27 50 in 24 g · 1 per 1.8 AB EXTREME
200 Hits 200 131 154 69 in 24 g EXTREME
225 Hits 225 131 154 94 in 24 g EXTREME
250 Hits 250 131 154 119 in 24 g EXTREME
262 Hits 262 131 154 131 in 24 g EXTREME
50 SB 50 8 9 42 in 24 g EXTREME
80 SB 80 8 9 72 in 24 g EXTREME
100 SB 100 8 9 92 in 24 g EXTREME
130 SB 130 8 9 122 in 24 g EXTREME
50 2B 50 31 36 19 in 24 g EXTREME
60 2B 60 31 36 29 in 24 g EXTREME
67 2B 67 31 36 36 in 24 g EXTREME
20 3B 20 4 5 16 in 24 g EXTREME
25 3B 25 4 5 21 in 24 g EXTREME
36 3B 36 4 5 32 in 24 g EXTREME
125 RBI 125 70 82 55 in 24 g EXTREME
150 RBI 150 70 82 80 in 24 g EXTREME
175 RBI 175 70 82 105 in 24 g EXTREME
191 RBI 191 70 82 121 in 24 g EXTREME

Home run pace vs the benchmark seasons

36730162 gJudge 62Bonds 7323
Cumulative home runs by team game against straight 62 (Judge 2022) and 73 (Bonds 2001) paces. The homepage checkpoint card uses the exact game-by-game Retrosheet curves; these reference lines are straight-line paces.
0.0%of comparable chases reached 40 HR
0.0%of comparable chases reached 50 HR
0.0%of comparable chases reached 60 HR

Empirical: seasons within ±2 HR of his total at the same team-game checkpoint (n=1485); median finish 25. Retrosheet.

Recent game log

Derived nightly from the snapshot ledger — each row is the difference between consecutive days; multi-day rows are labeled.

DateOppResultABHHRRBIRSBBBKAVG
2026-08-31 Seattle Mariners W 9-8 50 0 00 00 2 .254
2026-08-30 New York Yankees L 1-16 32 0 00 01 0 .257
2026-08-29 New York Yankees W 6-0 82 1 12 00 2 .254
2026-04-17 Detroit Tigers W 1-0 40 0 00 00 2 .314
2026-04-14 Minnesota Twins L 0-6 40 0 00 00 1 .333
2026-04-13 Minnesota Twins L 6-13 32 0 10 01 1 .355
2026-04-12 St. Louis Cardinals W 9-3 40 0 01 01 1 .339
2026-04-11 St. Louis Cardinals W 7-1 40 0 00 01 0 .364
2026-04-10 St. Louis Cardinals L 2-3 42 0 00 00 0 .392
2026-04-08 Milwaukee Brewers W 5-0 42 0 11 00 1 .383

Lahman + Retrosheet context

How this season fits history

Historical twinDolph Camilli · 1935

89% season-shape match

HR checkpoint-35 vs Barry Bonds

Through 138 team games; 58 in 2001

Chase history

.254.342.42903-3108-31
Batting average, day by day
19508103-3108-31
Projected HR, day by day